As the following revenue growth table shows, the second calendar quarter of 2012 was not like the recent past.
The bottom line growth (earnings) is the slowest since Q309 which had a difficult comparison with Q308 when the iPhone 3G launched and saw 800% iPhone growth. This past quarter also had a difficult comparison with 150% iPhone growth a year earlier and 122% earnings growth.
This is shown in a different way in the following graph: Continue reading “Apple's growth scorecard for the third fiscal quarter 2012”